Re: Gospels of Matthew without Trinitarian ending
In 1851 Professor of Biblical Criticism Edmund Turney (1816-1872) wrote in Baptism in the Import and explicitness of the command, p. 7, 10 “This transaction (baptism) is to be observed in the name of Christ, in profession of faith in him, and of conformity to his death and resurrection; and it is its design as thus explained, which invests it with its distinctive character as a Christian rite. “; “is it conceivable that our Lord should have sent forth his disciples among the various Gentile nations using the Greek language in the Roman empire, with the proclamation that they should "repent," and in his name " be baptized"”
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